Description

Objective
The objective of the course is to introduce you to the development of the energy model for LEED projects and being able to create a full model for LEED submission and being able to fill in the LEED EA credit templates.
Also, being able to assist HVAC and architectural design teams to optimize their design for the best energy and cost options. The modeling software used for this course will be EE4.

Learning Objectives

Understand details of Energy Modeling for LEED projects

Overview of different LEED standards, like MNECB 1997, ASHRAE 90.1-2007 and ASHRAE 62.1-2007

Understand how to translate the building design to develop an energy model

Being able to run different design options for HVAC, electrical and architectural systems to do parametric energy simulations to optimize the design

Complete energy modeling in EE4 software and being able to handle the energy modeling projects independently

Being able to do the cost and energy savings analysis for design optimization

Implement state of the art energy efficiency measures for your LEED projects

Implement cost effective measures to meet LEED targets

Be able to do energy simulations for evaluating design options

InstructorAli Syed, MASc, P.Eng., LEED AP, CEM
Ali is a Senior Energy Management Project Advisor at Hemisphere Engineering. He is responsible for energy efficient and green HVAC engineering design, calculations and system energy analysis.
Ali brings an extensive background in energy modeling and energy management to every project he undertakes. He has facilitated the energy efficient and green architectural, electrical and mechanical design of numerous facilities by working integrally with the design team and providing expert energy consumption and energy cost analysis of different design options. He has also administered energy analysis of numerous LEED buildings is well versed in many energy analysis software tools. His experience also includes the energy retrofit analysis of the existing facilities.

Achievements in the field:

2011 Young International Energy Professional of the Year by Association of Energy Engineers

2010 Recipient of the Legend in Energy Award by Association of Energy Engineers

‘ASHRAE Top 5 New Faces on Engineering’ for 2009

Honored at ASHRAE Winter Conference in Chicago 2009 for pioneering research work in wind-turbines and photovoltaic systems

Featured in USA Today during National Engineers Week-February 2009

Ranked among The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles for a journal paper published in the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society - June 2008

Awarded with a letter appreciation from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for finding a bug in the ‘Extended Care’ module of the EE-4 pre-screening tool - January 2008

Ali is a member of the following Associations:

APEGA The Association of Professional Engineers, Geoscientists of Alberta

ASHRAE –American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers